RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts

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Among the premier items in this monthly sale are an autograph letter by Albert Einstein on his Unified Field Theory, a scarce signed suite of Salvador Dali’s Divine Comedy woodcuts, and an incredible signed photo of Ty Cobb’s notorious ‘spiking of Baker.’ RR Auction is a globally recognized and trusted auction house specializing in rare and remarkable documents, manuscripts, autographs, and historical artifacts. Join us as we prepare to make history selling history in October 2016.
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
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George Clymer182 - George Clymer
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Partly-printed DS, signed “G. Clymer,” one page, 8.5 x 4.5, no date. Tax document certifying that “the duties on one Puncheon of Rum containing one hu
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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George Clymer183 - George Clymer
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Philadelphia Bank check, 5.5 x 2, signed “Geo. Clymer,” filled out and signed by Clymer for $20, January 12, 1807. In fine condition, with light irreg
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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William Floyd184 - William Floyd
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ALS signed “Wm. Floyd,” one page, 7.75 x 12.5, June 2, 1817. Letter to Gilead Hotchkiss, in full: "I have Rec'd your Letter in which you de...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Benjamin Franklin185 - Benjamin Franklin
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Vellum manuscript DS, signed “B. Franklin,” one page, 15 x 12.5, March 14, 1788. As president of the Supreme Executive Council of the Commonwealth of
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Estimate : 7,500.00 - 8,500.00
 
 
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John Hancock186 - John Hancock
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Revolutionary War–dated LS signed “John Hancock Presid.,” one page both sides, 7.5 x 12.75, September 5, 1777. Letter to Governor William Livingston o
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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John Hancock187 - John Hancock
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Partly-printed DS, one page, 14.5 x 12, May 27, 1793. As governor of Massachusetts, Hancock appoints Benjamin Pope as “Lieutenant of a Company in the
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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John Hancock188 - John Hancock
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Unsigned handwritten endorsement by Hancock, “Capt. St Loe Recd 17 March 1760, 2 box Spr Candles, Garden Seeds,” on the reverse of a letter to his unc
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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John Hancock189 - John Hancock
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ALS (a retained copy), signed “JH,” one page, 7.25 x 6, May 9, 1782. Hancock, as Governor of Massachusetts, writes to the Massachusetts General Court
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Estimate : 1,800.00 - 2,200.00
 
 
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Benjamin Harrison190 - Benjamin Harrison
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Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Virginia (1726 -1791). Harrison was the father of President William Henry Harrison and great-grandfathe
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Estimate : 700.00 - 900.00
 
 
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Thomas Heyward, Jr191 - Thomas Heyward, Jr
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Signer of the Declaration of Independence from South Carolina (1746–1809) who was taken prisoner by the British during the siege of Charleston and hel
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Estimate : 900.00 - 1,100.00
 
 
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Stephen Hopkins192 - Stephen Hopkins
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Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Rhode Island (1707–1785) who served as the colony’s governor in the 1750s and 1760s. Revolutionary War-
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Francis Hopkinson193 - Francis Hopkinson
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Signer of the Declaration of Independence from New Jersey (1737–1791). Revolutionary War-dated partly-printed DS, signed “F. Hopkinson,” one page, 8.5
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Samuel Huntington194 - Samuel Huntington
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ALS signed “S— H—,” one page, 7.25 x 8.5, September 3, 1793. Letter to John Temple, the British consul-general to the United States, concerning the re
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Richard Henry Lee195 - Richard Henry Lee
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Member of the notable Lee family and signer of the Declaration of Independence from Virginia (1732–1794). Scarce ALS, one page, 4.5 x 7.5, April 13, 1
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Thomas McKean196 - Thomas McKean
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LS as president of the Continental Congress, signed “Tho. M:Kean,” one page, 7.25 x 9, September 21, 1781. Written from Philadelphia, a letter to Rhod
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Robert Treat Paine197 - Robert Treat Paine
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Endorsement signature, “Paine,” at the conclusion of a manuscript legal document, one page, 3.75 x 4.75, dated August 1769. A legal bill in the amount
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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John Penn198 - John Penn
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Ink endorsement signature, “J. P. atto,” on the reverse of a manuscript legal document, one page, 9 x 4.75, August 1, 1785. Legal document concerning
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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George Read199 - George Read
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Early autograph ink endorsement, one page, 6.5 x 7.75, December 3, 1752. Docket of a leaf which once contained a legal document concerning the case of
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Benjamin Rush200 - Benjamin Rush
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Autograph manuscript DS, signed “Benj’n Rush,” one page, 6.5 x 5.25, October 1800. Pay order directed by Rush to an estate administrator, in full: “Pl
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Edward Rutledge201 - Edward Rutledge
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Revolutionary War–dated ANS signed “Edw’d Rutledge,” one page, 6.25 x 3.25, February 16, 1780. In full: “Be pleased to let my Servant have my Horse—Hb
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Estimate : 900.00 - 1,100.00
 
 
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